Quantcast Vegetarian Starcelebrity news (32)

Paul McCartney Signs Petition To Ban Trading Of Seal Goods

Written by Vegetarian Star on Saturday, April 25th, 2009 in Animal Issues, Male Musicians, Male Singers.

Natural Resources Defense Council 11th Annual Forces For Nature Benefit
Paul McCartney is the latest celebrity to add his name the growing list on the petition urging members of European Parliament to make the trading of goods made from seals illegal.

“The fate of millions of seal pups is in the hands of elected members of the European Parliament,” McCartney said in a statement.

“In the next few weeks they will have a historic opportunity to stop the cruel trade in seal products throughout the European Union.”

Voting on the complete ban takes place next week. Such a ban would deter hunters from clubbing seals, wishing to gain profits from their coats and meat.

via Contactmusic.com

Possibly Related Posts:


 

Wehwalt on Creative Commons

Wehwalt on Creative Commons

If you southerners are looking for some smashing vegan brownies and ice cream, Silverstein’s Shane Told has given his approval for Spiral Diner and Restaurant in Dallas, Texas.

From a recent Tweet:

Eating Vegan food @ Spiral in Dallas. Great place, best vegan brownie/ice cream ever.

Spiral Diner has a completely vegan menu (scroll down after clicking on the menu link for some major hardcore food porn), with everything from veggie burgers to smoothies to breakfast items.

You can follow Shane’s other vegan tweets @shanetold.

Possibly Related Posts:


Jessica Alba To Jay Leno: My Vegan Icing “Sucked!”

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, April 24th, 2009 in Actresses, Children, Food & Drink, Videos.

Jessica Alba and her family go for a walk in Sunset Plaza


Jessica Alba recently appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno to discuss her first Easter with daughter Honor Marie Warren.

What’s so cool about Jessica’s first Easter with Honor is that she tried to keep things vegan!

According to Celebritybabyblog.com, the cupcakes were “organic, dairy-free, egg-free cupcakes.”

Jessica described the cupcakes as “awesome” and “moist,” but the icing left more to be desired.

“The icing was horrible, so I got the icing from the can,” Jessica told Jay.

You can watch the video of Jessica telling Jay about her Easter icing experience.

Aw, we’ll forgive you Jess. We’re just so proud you attempted vegan cupcakes. Wonder if this means Jessica will be doing more vegan cooking in the future?

Have you had a bad vegan icing experience? Cherrybrook Kitchen has some awesome vegan frosting guaranteed to make your next vegan cupcake experience NOT sucky.

Possibly Related Posts:


Russell Simmons Sneaks Fish, Eggs In Vegan Diet

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, April 24th, 2009 in Business, Environment-Eco-Green, Food & Drink.

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

OMG! Vegan Russell Simmons has just admitted to eating fish every once in awhile and not caring about the egg in his noodles.

On a recent interview with msnbc.com, Russell announced a contest he is holding to find America’s Greenest Campus where colleges can compete and measure their carbon footprint before and after making changes.

While discussing being green, Russell mentioned all of the little things people can do to go greener when he mentioned a very, very big thing to reduce our carbon footprint.

“We can be a vegetarian, which is probably the greatest thing we can do. The greatest cause of global warming is the animal abuse. By far more than all the forms of transportation put together.”

Even if this means we stray and eat a little fish every now and then. When the topic turned to celebrity hypocrites, the famed vegan Russell Simmons admitted that even he sometimes slips up.

“I’ve been a vegan for 10 years, but you know sometimes when no one’s looking, I eat fish. I do the best I can. And then [I’ll have some] egg in my egg noodle.”

Whoa! What do you guys think of that. Did Russell just make it easier to people to excuse breaking their vegan vow? Or is he just trying to let people know every little bit counts and you don’t have to be perfect to make a difference?

Possibly Related Posts:


Social Distortion Frontman Mike Ness Records Vegetarian PSA

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 in Male Musicians, Male Singers, Videos.

Stagecoach California's Country Music Festival 2008 - Day 1
Mike Ness has recorded his PSA for vegetarianism with PETA.

Mike is the front man for the rock band Social Distortion and is making a name for himself in the alterna-country scene.

“The more I got educated about cruelty and inhumane treatment… It was really a no-brainer. No one would barbecue their family dog. How is a cow or a pig different or a chicken different? They’re just as much of a gentle animal as a dog or a cat.”

“I just feel stronger, faster, cleaner, healthier.”

You can watch Mike’s PSA at peta.org.

Possibly Related Posts:


John Salley: Patrick Ewing Suffers Excessive Meat Consumption

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 in Athletes-Games-Sports, Food & Drink.

MusicMogul.com Launch Party


Whoa! John Salley just called a few players out!

Charles Barkley, Rich Mahorn, and Patrick Ewing to be exact.

These are the guys Salley thinks suffer “excessive meat consumption,” and could stand to go for veggie rehab!

From the Huffington Post:

“Most athletes have no idea how to eat. Most athletes have no idea that they’re suffering — proven fact. When you look at guys with bodies like Charles Barkley, Rich Mahorn, Patrick Ewing — you see how big Patrick Ewing’s gotten? They think when you get older you get fat. That’s not true. Not true. So it has to be that they can’t develop they can’t get rid of the … (pauses) … I went to a couple of these guys and told them I would help them.”

Oh, no he didn’t. But he should be.

On Why He Went Vegan
“I was a vegetarian until I realized that — how can I say — I don’t eat the animal but I eat the things that come out of the animal’s ass; the egg. I mean, people eat the spoiled milk of a cow that a calf won’t even eat. I mean a cow won’t even drink that and I’m feeding it to my kids? That’s crazy. So I decided I wasn’t doing that. I gave that up.”

Read the rest of the interview with John Salley at Huffingtonpost.com.

Possibly Related Posts:


Who Would You: Woody Harrelson Or Paul McCartney

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 in Actors, Male Musicians, Male Singers, Polls/Surveys, Who Would You.

Call it the “brownest” celebrity edition. In honor of Earth Day, Foxnews wrote an article on celebrities who’ve had less than green moments and two of our favorite veggie celebs, Woody Harrelson and Paul McCartney were on the list. Woody had clothing flown from California to France and Paul had his car flown from Japan. So between the two eco bad boys, who would you rather do…?
Premiere of Seven Pounds held in Los Angeles MTV Europe Music Awards 2008 - Show

Who Would You Rather Do Veggie Burger Lunch With?

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...

Possibly Related Posts:


Jonathan Slavin: Better Off Ted’s Other Gay Vegan

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 in Actors.

Jonathan Slavin

Jonathan Slavin

Jonathan Slavin plays a nerdy research scientist on the ABC television series Better Off Ted.

You may recall us telling you that one of the best know vegan lesbians, Portia de Rossi, stars on the show as well.

But Portia isn’t the only gay/lesbian on the set of Better Off Ted who leaves cheese off her pizza if the cast and crew are ordering in. Plus, Portia’s forced to make room for him at their home when he has pizza with Ellen.

“Ellen’s been amazingly supportive of the show, so we all got together and watched the premiere there,” Slavin told Advocate.com. “They have a beautiful home that’s first and foremost a home; it feels very comfortable. There was lots of vegan pizzas, and vegan this, vegan that. I never go to a dinner party where I can eat everything on the table, so I was thrilled.”

Slavin, who’s been working as an actor since the early 90s, has played roles in Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Caroline in the City, Wings, and My Name Is Earl.

Visit advocate.com to read what Slavin has to say about Hollywood and his sexuality and how Zac Effron and Jesse McCartney are not cute.

“Those are still little boys to me.”

Possibly Related Posts: